hom

See also: Hom, hôm, hǫm, hợm, and hom.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hem.

Pronoun

hom (subject hy, possessive sy)

1. third-person singular object pronoun
   1. him (referring to a male person)

      Ek sien hom nie.

      I can’t see him.

   2. it (referring to a non-personal noun)

      Sy het my die boek gegee, maar ek het hom nog nie gelees nie.

      She gave me the book, but I haven’t read it yet.

Synonyms

• (it): dit

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive
singular	1st	ek	my
	2nd	jy	jou
	2nd, formal	u
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy
	3rd, fem	sy	haar
	3rd, neut	dit		sy
plural	1st	ons
	2nd	julle		julle / jul1
	3rd	hulle		hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan hom, reduced form of home (“man”) used as a pronoun, from Latin homō (“man”). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“man, person”); French on; German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔm/

Pronoun

hom

1. one, people, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).

   Hom diu que… ― It is said that…

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

See also

• tu
• u

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

hom f (plural hommen, diminutive hommetje n)

1. (Netherlands) milt (fish semen)

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hām, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

Noun

hom (plural homes or heomen)

1. home, residence, dwelling
2. house, housing
3. accomodation, rest
4. (figuratively) seat, headquarters, centre
5. (rare) village, town

Alternative forms

• hoom, home, hoome, whom, om, am; hame, hame (Northern); ham (early)

Adverb

hom

1. home, homeward

Related terms

• homly, homely, homli
• homward

Descendants

• English: home, -ham (partially)
• Northumbrian: hyem
• Scots: hame

References

• “hōm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hom

1. Alternative form of hem (“them”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hom (plural homes)

1. Alternative form of hamme (“enclosure, meadow”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hom

1. Alternative form of whom (“whom”)

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German haben, from Old High German hāben, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have; to hold”). Cognate with German haben, English have.

Verb

hom

1. to have

   Mu i hom a kòmmer as tschins? ― Can I have a room to rent?

References

• “hom” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
• “hom” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hvammr. Doublet of kvam.

Noun

hom m (definite singular homen, indefinite plural homar, definite plural homane)

1. a little vale

References

• “hom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ohm

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Old French

Alternative forms

• hum, huem, hon, om, on

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Noun

hom m

1. nominative singular of home

Descendants

• French: on

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Zuni

Pronoun

hom

1. First person singular possessive (medial position)

   my

2. First person singular object

   me

Related terms

• ho'
• homma